bruges

Before coming to France, I knew that beer was going to be a big deal, but I couldn’t figure out how to make that into a personal mission that didn’t end in AA meetings. Even if I tried a different Belgian beer every night, I still wouldn’t get through them all, and my liver and…

In Bruges, it’s all about beer. The small Belgian city is a medieval Disneyland, a late 19th century simulacrum of a 13th century town that never really existed. It has foggy canals, winding streets, and if you look in the right church at the right time, you might catch a glimpse of the actual Blood…